VEX 60470S · 2019–2022
Three seasons developing competition robots, from mechanism prototypes to integrated systems.
I contributed across mechanical design, prototyping, fabrication, assembly, drivetrain integration, pneumatics, electronics, and sensors. I also worked on programming-related integration, testing, troubleshooting, maintenance, and redesign between competitions.
Our robots were collaborative team builds. My experience came from connecting subsystems and carrying design decisions through fabrication, integration, and competition.
Cube handling and stacking, with packaging, assembly, and repeated testing at the center of development.
Ball handling and goal alignment. The team used goal-aligner arms with end limit switches to support autonomous consistency.
Mobile-goal handling and pneumatic mechanisms, integrated with sensing and autonomous movement.
The team’s original demonstrations document two different mobile-goal mechanisms: a rear tilter and a two-piston front clamp. Both illustrate the packaging and actuation decisions involved in building a complete competition robot.
The team documented an autonomous approach combining odometry, generated x/y path points, and Pure Pursuit motor commands. Reliable robot motion depended on the interaction of sensing, control, and repeatable mechanical behavior.
The 315-point programming-skills demonstration below was explicitly published as an unofficial run. It documents team-level system behavior rather than an official tournament score or individual code authorship.
The November 2019 Tower Takeover driver-skills video documents an earlier version of the team’s cube-handling robot.